WiiU - Part 3

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[Tron Bonne]

I'm almost tempted to give up getting the gold on Special Cup. I've gone through it five times now, and I always get ****ed on Rainbow Road. I do good on all the other tracks, but I can never get a solid placing on it. Always screws up my points to where I miss the gold by just a point or two. Frustrating as ****

I downloaded it & its not showing up in either the Wii U menu or the Wii menu

Do you have Spotpass enabled? I think I actually didn't even download it, it just downloaded to my Wii U by itself.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Oh yeah, Nintendo PR is saying that MK8 sold 1.2 million copies over the weekend. Considering the low user base of the Wii U, that is a fantastic number. I honestly wasn't expecting that much so quickly. Crazy how much selling power MK still has

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Nintendo should take note and make Mario Kart a launch title for the next console. That's probably what has hurt them the most their past releases. Twilight Princess was probably a large reason why the Wii sold as well as it did. The WiiU didn't have a strong launch lineup nor did the Gamecube.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Nintendo should take note and make Mario Kart a launch title for the next console. That's probably what has hurt them the most their past releases. Twilight Princess was probably a large reason why the Wii sold as well as it did. The WiiU didn't have a strong launch lineup nor did the Gamecube.

Highly doubt it. I mean, it probably got some of the core Nintendo fans there right out of the gate, but in general, I think it was the novelty of the system with addition to the cheap price that was a much bigger factor. Plus, TP was on the GC, so that probably undercut some of the Wii sales.

While I think the idea of MK as a launch is good. I think situations like this show that the series is going to do well no matter where it's launched or on what system. If anything, I think that guarntees Nintendo will take their time on the entries and release them when they're ready.

Also, finally got the gold on 100cc special cup. Yay. I really hate Rainbow Road. On to 150cc.

 

[Travesty]

150cc is making me rage!

 

[Thundercrack85]

Only reason I bought a Wii was because of Twilight Princess. I'm sure the console would have done alright without it (no lack of good games), but a killer app launch title is a killer app launch title.

I didn't buy a Gamecube until three years after its debut. But that was arguably my least favorite Nintendo console, mainly because of the weak launch titles.

 

[Tron Bonne]

The console would've been fine without it. All it needed was Wii Sports

 

[Matt Mortem]

Finally got a gold star in everything. 50CC-Mirror Cup. This game is incredibly aggravating. The AI sure does love it's pinpoint green shell accuracy.

 

[Travesty]

Yeah, I think I get hit with green shells more than anything. And if I happen to throw a green shell, it always misses the person, bounces off the wall, and then hits me.

Death to the green shells!

 

[Matt Mortem]

The Green shells in this game are the stuff of nightmares. I'm definitely never playing 150CC again.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Any tips for 150cc? I got through 100cc fairly well, but I find myself fighting just to get to 4th or 5th place. I don't remember the jump being so drastic in previous MKs I played (but that has been a long time). It's not even an item issue. I mean, there's that, but I just can't seem to capture the lead.

Also, Shy Guy is the funniest thing ever

 

[Travesty]

Basically, you have to get all the boosts: starting boost, collision boost, jump boost, coin boosts, drift boost, etc. Know your shortcuts, and get lucky with items.

For me, if I get hit once in 150, I can never recover to anything above 4th. It sucks, cause once I'm far behind, I never get any useful items. I always get coins or bananas when I get knocked down. I still haven't gotten a blue shell, the boomerangs, the plant, lightning, bullet bill, crazy 8, star or the golden mushroom. I mainly get coins, bananas and green shells. I rarely get red shells and the horn. That's all I've gotten.

 

[Tron Bonne]

How do you get the starting boost?

But I hear you about the items. I've got a star and the crazy 8 once, but the majority of time it's just the lame ****. I mean, it's not that I hate the two coin boost or bananas, but goddamn.

 

[Travesty]

The starting boost is you don't accelerate until the 2 is about to drop in the countdown. If you do it too soon, you'll spin out. It's not hard to do at all.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Keep it in mind

 

[Tron Bonne]

Oh, talking about boosts. I'm seeing a lot of people doing like jumps and boosting. How do you do that?

 

[Spidey-Bat]

As you go over a ramp, press the jump button. You can even do it over the bumps from the Monty Moles in some levels.

 

[Tron Bonne]

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....There's a jump button?

 

[Matt Mortem]

It's the 'R' button.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Well, this changes everything.

 

[Matt Mortem]

The Time Trials are impossible. Anyone had any luck?

 

[Thundercrack85]

Is this like ya'lls first Mario Kart game? You guys know about grinding and drifting right?

 

[Travesty]

I've played every MK since the SNES days, except for MK Wii.

And what do you mean by grinding?